00:27 Welcome New Listeners and Subscribers! Use the TIMESTAMPS which are always in the description and pinned FIRST COMMENT to navigate the topics in the episode.

We have some news items plus 6 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks point-earning preps races to cover, so on we go!

1:30 Epicenter looked dominant in his Louisiana Derby win! Probably Kentucky Derby shortlist for Trixie, possibly No. 1 fave for Weej.

2:24 The Japan entry into the Derby will be Crown Pride, a beauty—yes, it matters! This year, we will NOT be betting against Japan and risking shirt-eating or ascot-noshing.

4:40 Trixie is bugged by the Jeff Ruby “Steaks.” It’s cute, but is a pain in her Felix Unger.

6:00 Florida Derby at Gulfstream. We ADORE Classic Causeway, consider Simplification and White Abarrio, and Weej touts the Pletcher/Saez entrant and recent maiden Charge It. Watch it yourself!

https://youtu.be/M4RYCTHuqj0

10:30 In the Gulfstream Park Oaks, Weej thinks Kathleen O. Will wipe up the other fillies. Trixie’s bother by Goddess of Fire’s inconsistency (and lack of wins) and is interested in recent maiden Catiche as an outside oddball choice.

13:09 Jeff Ruby Steaks G3 at Turfway Park on synthetic. Blackadder has moved from Baffert’s stables to Brisette’s, which seems wise since he’s already in the Preakness. Tiz the Bomb is the one to beat and the rest of the field is pale by comparison. The Bourbonette Oaks, with no offense intended, is a bit of a succotash of fillies.

18:19 The biggest story is the weekend’s Arkansas Derby, starring Secret Oath, the filly who will run against the boys and test her mettle, and Un Ojo, the one-eyed favorite of fans and bettors alike after winning the Rebel at 75-1!

21:59 The Fantasy Stakes at Oak Lawn will earn Oaks points for the rest of the fillies. Eda, still under Baffert’s nameplate, will be a no-show, probably to run in the Santa Anita Oaks—where she can’t earn qualification points either! This race, we’re both all in for Bubble Rock, the Chad Brown horse who looked sweet and made us money in the Cincinnati!

26:33 Bob Baffert is losing time in legal wrangling with both the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) who are suspending him for 90 days and with Churchill Downs, who, as property owners, have banned him for 2 years.

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/one-step-forward-one-back-in-bafferts-derby-driven-legal-odyssey/


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